THE FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING OFALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SAN DIEGOIS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2017,IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LITURGY.

November, 2016

FROM THE PASTOR...

Dear Christian Friends,In Advent we anticipate it. Throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas we celebrate it. In the time after the Epiphany we contemplate what it means for us to live the truth of it. It is the Incarnation, the enfleshment of God in Christ. God has become human. He has become a child. Becoming one of us, he fulfills the promise made through the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth: to be Emmanuel, God-with-us.

People say, Christmas is for children, and in many ways this is true. But at a deeper level, Christmas is about God’s decision to come among us as a child. By becoming a child, he offers us the opportunity to find him in a most human setting.

Elie Wiesel recorded this rabbinical tale: Yehiel, a little boy, comes running into the room of his grandfather, a rabbi. He is crying that his friend has given up on him. Asked to explain this a little, the boy says that they were playing hide-and-seek, and, since he could not find Yehiel, his friend just gave up and went home. Yehiel’s exciting hiding place lost its excitement when the other stopped playing.

Now the rabbi is crying, and he says: “Yes, this is not nice. But look, it is the same way with God. He is in hiding, and we do not even seek him. Just imagine! People do not even look for him.” At Christmas God is hiding as a child. He has come to us in a way that will make him easy to find. Do we still seek him?

Sunday Eucharist – 9:00 am We regard the Church's liturgy as the birthright of the baptized and invite Christians of all ages to worship as they are able. At the end of the liturgy on the first Sunday of the month, we encourage children to join the pastor for a children's sermon.